December 17, 2011

B.A. Nilsson, who regularly reviews restaurants, plays, concerts and writes about food for Metroland, has a blog! It's called Words and Music, so do yourself a favor and bookmark it.

In the spirit of the season, when looking back is often more fun than looking ahead, B.A. has excavated a delightful piece about taking his dogs to the mall for a photo with Santa.

My parents forced me into a photo session with Santa when I was four and I have resented them for it ever since. The traditional revenge, of course, is to inflict the punishment on your own children, but I haven't got any. So when the Clifton Country Mall announced its second annual “Pet Day with Santa,” it seemed like a good opportunity to give the brutes a road trip and sooth my damaged sensibilities.

March 26, 2008

March 09, 2008

On Friday, residents of Troy were alerted to the fact that members of a
shadowy and reportedly dangerous organization known as the Puppet Menace
had been spotted throughout the city. According to posters that lined
2nd Street in downtown Troy, the members of this gang are wanted for
"high crimes and evil deeds."

The posters appear to be the efforts of a covert organization called the Sock Puppet Brigade for Truth.

Extensive Google research turned up nil about the Brigade for Truth but did lead to this bizarre and terrifying ransom video produced by the Puppet Menace. In it, they reveal that they have taken hostage the leader of the Brigade for Truth to blackmail Troy resident David Lublin into baking two loaves of Amish Friendship Bread. In exchange for the bread, the menace gang claims that it will let the hostage puppet go free.

Strange, but this is Troy.

If you are curious what these puppet terrorists look like, check out their ransom video after the jump.

May 01, 2007

Kids in the Hudson/Park neighborhood in Albany wanted to play basketball but seemed to be lacking a very important component of the game: a hoop. They got imaginative and crafted their own "hoop" and "backboard"--and have since
been playing nonstop during daylight hours on Irving Street.